The second word of verse (57:14) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and negative particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do".

Chapter (57) sūrat l-ḥadīd (The Iron) (57:14:2) alam "Were not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام حرف نفي

Verse (57:14)

The analysis above refers to the fourteenth verse of chapter 57 (sūrat l-ḥadīd):

Sahih International: The hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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